Colonel Francis Nosworthy, who has been General Staff Omcer, Ist Grade, at "Hongkong headquarters since 1982, is to leave Major-General Borrett's shortly and go. to Aldershot. There In March he will take over the 5th Infantry Brigade from Brigadier Fortune, who is being promoted. The brigade by that date will consist of the 2nd Norfolk (in place of the 2nd The King's), 2nd K.ORR, (in place of the 2nd West Kent), 2nd East Yorkshire (in place of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders) and Qnd Cameron Highlanders. Practically a new brigade. the command of the RASE. at Colchester to succeed Brigadier Rowan-Hamilton at Hongkong as Assistant-Adjutant and Quarter master General in charge of the administrative work of the troops in China. He has been in the RASE. since 1905 and in the War was ad-jurant, DAQMG, Deputy Assistant of Supplies, and Chief Instructor RASE. Training Establishment. He was wounded in France, where he was mentioned thrice.
His later appointments have been as Staff Captain in the "Western Command, D.A.A. and QMLG. of the East Lancashire Area, and also of the Home Counties Area, and D.A.QM.G. in Cairo. His corps duty has been successively with No. 13 Company at Aldershot, and Longford, "Malta, France, Egypt, Aldershot and Col-chester.
Lieutenant-Colonel F. James who is commanding the ist East Lancashire Regiment is to cut his tenure short and this will expedite promotion among officers in the 2nd Battalion at Hongkong. He is to go in November to York in charge of the Record and Pay Office.
Lieutenant-Cotonel A. B. Hearle is to leave the Plymouth Defences this month and go to Hongkong as Artillery Commander.
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